Famous Quotes | It hurts me to hear the tone in...

It hurts me to hear the tone in which the poor are condemned as “shiftless,” or “having a pauper spirit,” just as it would if a crowd mocked at a child for its weakness, or laughed at a lame man because he could not run, or a blind man because he stumbled. - Albion Fellows Bacon
Attribution: Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933), U.S. social worker and housing reform advocate. Beauty for Ashes, ch. 6 (1914).

Categories: Poverty And The Poor, Social Class, Social Worker And Housing Reform Advocate

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